New bar Operation Dagger located on Ann Siang is a secret underground bar perfect for you cocktail geeks

Oxwell & Co’s Luke Whearty and Aki Nishikura, together with ex-Ding Dong bargirl Yijun staff this tiny basement cocktail bar that looks like a cross between an Aesop and Scandinavian furniture store with an impressive 6,000-bulb light cloud installation to boot. To find it, seek out the door with a curious rectangle and upside-down crown scrawled on its lintel – it’s hobo code that tells the knowing reader that the owners of the establishment will give you things to have you leave. Inside though, you’ll find that the trio are happier to feed you curious concoctions to coerce you to stay and challenge your drink preferences. The bar’s spirits – some of which are re-distilled and infused to impart new flavour to the original liquor – and ingredients are deliberately rebottled into brown apothecary vessels to take away the emphasis from brands and refocus the attention on fla...